Wheel-tire.



45 wardly upon itself ateachTside, as indicated seams Be it known thatv LSAMUEL Gnrmnwano, .a citizen of the United States, residing at Van Wert,'in the county. of Van Vert and State of Ohio, have invented Va new and useful lYheel-Tire, ofwhick the following is a s ecitieatioii.l v

invention relates to tires of that type particularly designed 'for use upon the wheels 0 of automobiles, motor cycles and the like and 4its object is toprovide a tire having a spring;v

body in the form of an endless helix the convolutions of which include means whereby the resiliency Vof the tire is greatly increased.

means whbreby the springbody4 of the tire can be detachably securedothe wheel rim.

Another object is tp provide a spring body capablebf being used either with or without a cover. Y Y

Titty these and* other objects in view the i'nntion consists'of certainy novel details or" construction and combinationr ot' parts hereiiiafter more fullydescribed and ypointed out in` the claims. g In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In said -drawings,-Figure 1- is a Vview partly in elevation and partly in section of a portion of a wheel having the present iniprovemeiitsconibined therewith. Fig. 2 is a A section on liire A-B of Fig. 1, said section bein on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 isa view simi ar to' Fig. 2 and shoiviiiga slighar modified construction. Fig. lis a transverse section through :mother modified forni of Referring to the figures by characters of -referencel designates a spring wire coiled to forni the body of the tire and each convolution of the coil being provided, at diametrically opposed points, with supplementall coils whereby the resiliency o f the tire is iiicreased.` As shown in Fig. 2\ the wire constituting each convolution can be folded inat 2 and then coiled inwardly within a plane extending transversely through the tire body vso so as to form a complete eye 3. These two opposed eyes extend inwardly toward each other and are connected by the outer arcuate portion 4 of the convolution and which, to-

gether withthe corresponding portions of the remaining 'whirls, constitutes the tread 55 portion'of they tire.

The tire body may he aitachedto the wheel Specincti an of Letters Patent.

Application. inea )garen a, i910. serial No. 547,092;

A further Objectis to provide a simple riml C by means of a hoop the innermost portions oand extending through said convolutions, tte said hoop being clamped upon the tire bo y means of laces 10 threaded vthrough it and through the eyes 3 at the sides of the tire and around the inner portions of the conmay be provided with outtuined eyes 1l engagedby` a bolt l2. It will be seen thereforethat after the hoop has been placed in the tire body it can be drawn tightly around theV rim so as to firmly clamp said body onto the rim, the bolts coiipei'ating with the band to additionally hold'it in place and to rim.

has the appearance of an ordinary pneumatic tire. Not onlyrv does the spring wire body yieldv under a imd because of the inherent elasticity of the material constituting the wire and which is obtained bythe use of ordinary continuous 'whirls of` a extending supplemental coils which permit the wire body 1 to yield to ay greater extent than would otherwise be the ease and thus more veiiciently absorb vibrations produced surface.

If preferred, and as shown in Fig. 3, the inwardly directed supplemental coils may be formed by looping the side portions of ,r the convolutions'lQ inwardly, as indicated alt 13 or, and as disclosed in Fig. 4, each convolution may be provided at diainetrieally opposed points with a spiral supplemental spring 14 the whirls of which gradually iii- 5 mounted upon the convolutions so as to bind it against the rim,tl'ie clamping whel yv referring to the drawing'it. will be' noted that a tire such aslms beendescribed coiled spring'. but also because of the provi'` sion of the diametrically opposed inwardly by the movement of the tire over a rough crease in size toward its center, the longi-` ratenteo sepa 2:7, 1910i f tire. f 'The said cover can be attached to the tire body iu any pitferred manner, as by J volutions of the tire body close to the rim C. i l

As shown in F ig. l the ends of the vhoop 5V valso prevent the tire from creeping upon the o5 ioo the convolution. vXVhile bothof the modifi tudinal axis 'of thsisupplemental spring constituting acontinuation of thel curve of cations shown in Figs. 3 and 4 operate to efliclentiy absorbvil-nations, the structure shown 1n Figs. 2 and 3 are particularly desirable because they do not produce any objectionable lateral bulglng of the tire cover.V

i It. is to be understood that, if desired, a plurality of independent springs vmay be employed in lieu of the continuous. springs shown. Insuch event each spring may be fastened in any suitable mannery to the band f 5 and said band then'attached to the rim.

o. normally stretched thereby, and means laced through the cover vfor securing'the saine to .said supplemental coils.

l 2'. A tire. consisting of a main coiled spring having supplemental coilsV integral with diametrioally opposed. portions of each convolution of the main spring, the convolutionsy of the supplemental coils extending about-.axes constituting continuations of the curves of the convolutions of the main spring. f f A 3. A' tire consisting of a main coiled yspring having each. convolution provided at diametricallyopposed points with supplev mentalv coils extending around axes follow-- ing the curvature of the convolution of thev main spring, and a flexible cover inclosin the'coil and secured to :t supplemental coi at each side of the main spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allxedmy signature in the presenceof two witnesses. f

SAMUEL GRU N EW ALD.

Witnesses: Y 'i i i H. YV. BLACHLY,

' Y e0.' lV. KERNS. j 

